The Reason for This Website

Hey Rob, thanks again for making this site and all the information you share with us!

I think the most useful feature would be the ‘Top view’ of your instrument in the future lessons. It’s not easy for the beginners to imagine what (and where, haha )) is happening when you play. Tabs are good help, but to see your hands from the top will give much more info.

Take care,
Vlad

Hi Vlad,
Thanks for your suggestions for the site. I shoot and edit the videos and I wanted to let you know we’re going to be trying some new things when we shoot new lessons with Rob. I’ve tried the “top view” angle with Rob, and because his hands are so big, there is literally no useful information we can use from that “overhead” angle, his hands cover too much of the bar and fretboard. However, we’re going to try shooting with angles from Rob’s view of the guitar. We are hopeful that we can capture his view of the instrument with multiple simultaneous angles of both hands and fretboard, to provide as much useful visual information as possible. Please continue to let us know your thoughts as we are trying to give members the highest quality learning tools possible.
Thanks,
Craig
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I have enjoyed the “course” structure of the lessons. Given the number of individual lessons available it is really helpful to have them grouped together and ordered the way you have done. It also helps in giving me a smaller goal to reach. In fact, any kind of small grouping into 5-10 lessons would help establish short goals for us to check off.
I finished the basic course and am working on the fretboard knowledge course now.

I also like the fairly prompt feedback to posts placed here. Is there a forum for sending brief videos to Rob for quick feedback? If there are habits I need to fix or something I missing, it would be good to hear. I don’t want to bombard him with personal messages, but I also don’t want to post silly questions publicly for everyone else to see.

Hi Todd,

Thanks for your feedback. I’m glad the courses are working for you. Rob and I are going to discuss creating more. I like structure as well and completing a course gives me that sense of satisfaction…that I’m improving on my instrument.

As far as submitting directly to Rob, that’s why we created the “Ask Rob” section. You can drop a link to a video in the submissions forum and hit the “Submit” button to see it. I know it’s not as sexy as hitting return and seeing a thumbnail, but we’re working on improving that very aspect of the website. You can also submit questions via text in the same section. As far as making public your questions, I feel that keeping the “Ask Rob” section public is vitally important.

First, there are no silly questions when you’re working toward becoming the best musician you can be. I’ve asked a million of them and they are vital to our growth as musicians. Everyone has obstacles to growth and this instrument poses unique challenges. Keeping the questions public gives every member of Rob’s Reso Room the opportunity to share in your growth and theirs as well. Many of the members here will have the same obstacles. Sharing your unique process of understanding and overcoming those obstacles will help everyone. We all feel vulnerable when we ask a question in a classroom situation. God forbid anyone should voice an opinion online these days, someone is bound to criticize. That will not happen here. I assure you, your contributions are exactly what we want and need. We’re trying to create a safe, comfortable place to exchange ideas so that we can all rise to the highest level of musicianship. Myself included.

I’m loving your participation in the site. It is very inspirational. Please keep it up!

Craig Spinney
President
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• This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by Craig Spinney.
• This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by Craig Spinney.

I like the courses a lot. I think a section with common licks would be super fun, specially for beginning players.

Rob and Craig,

I just watched all three parts of the Josh Swift interview again. I watched the parts individually as they became available before. Excellent! I will watch it next time with my Dobro in my lap.

I just wanted to highlight how helpful Josh’s Dad’s advice of “burying the metronome by playing so tight with it that you can’t hear it’ has been. I practice with the metronome almost always, but now I listen and play with even more focus.

Thanks,

David

Rob,

Thanks for Sycamore Hollow.  I  remember talking to you about this song a ResoSummit or two ago  about how you were getting that sound from you dobro.  I thought you were doing something up the fretboard but you said nope.

When you asked in the email for a favorite BH tune this one came to mind immediately.  I was blown away when I found how you were really getting that sound.  As soon I head it, I felt like a dummy.  As long as I have trained over the years to listen as a musician, this one blew my away.

I love the lesson and the site.    Is the date at the Sheldon in St. Louis this fall still on?  I guess I could check that since I live here.   Thanks again.

Ken

Rob, your unfiltered approach really helps. Simple things like you calling a pull-off a pick-off helps to get the essence of how you approach a technique. While you may encourage us not to imitate you, we are here because we admire you. It is also inspiring to hear how you are still finding ways to improve your playing.

Please keep bringing in guests. After the Swift interview, I broke out the metronome again and started doing some of the muted pick exercises with it. The interview with Bobby gave me the confidence to take my guitar apart and clean the cone. High fives all around. 🙂